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Dorris May

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036181
MRDS ID M024240
Record type Site
Current site name Dorris May
Alternate or previous names Iron Age Extension
Related records 10140873

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.64083, 34.06948 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position PINTO MTS., 4 1/2 MILES SE OF DALE DRY LAKE AND 4 MILES NE OF NEW DALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Dale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sheep Hole Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 001S 013E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.64083, 34.06948
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 22.86M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dale

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Hill

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS DRIVEN ON GOLD PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943: MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 4, P. 469

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY SAME AS IRON AGE EXTENSION? ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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